Forrest

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Forrest: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Forrest: Recorded since 1996, it reached #392 in 2020, and it stood at #478 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#392highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2018–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2018	#5666
2019	#4001
2020	#4535
2021	#3519
2022	#4645

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #478 among boys in Scotland, #500 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #500 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Forrest appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 644 births with the name.

Forrest across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Forrest's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#500 (2024)	#500 (2024)	24 of 29	644 (1996–2024)	78 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#5666 (2018)	#3519 (2021)	#4645 (2022)	5 of 5	22 (2018–2022)	6 (2021)

Forrest by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Forrest in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	29	6 of 10	5
2010s	247	10 of 10	25
2020sbusiest	352	5 of 10	70

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 70 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Forrest appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #392 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Forrest's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#500	78	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#514	76	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#561	67	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#556	69	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#579	62	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#552	68	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#711	48	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#943	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#928	32	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #392, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 78 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Fortune · #375, 13y
Fox · #418, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Orhan · #395, 22y
Luciana · #397, 29y
Jethro · #398, 29y
Amiyah · #400, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amos · #392, 30y
Kal · #392, 25y
Kyan · #392, 29y
Quinton · #392, 28y

Forrest was ranked #392 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Forrest and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Forrest without appearing here.

Forrest moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2216 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1327 and #4632.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2216 and #4685.
Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #4805.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Forrest

Hudson Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1505 and #1850 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1889.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1505 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.

Moved the opposite way to Forrest

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Forrest went from #2357 to #500 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Forrest went from #2357 to #500 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Forrest went from #2357 to #500 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Forrest went from #2357 to #500 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Forrest

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Forrest went from #2357 to #500 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Forrest went from #2357 to #500 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Forrest went from #2357 to #500 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Forrest went from #2357 to #500 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #392 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Forrest

Forrest at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Forrest across 2 official records

Forrest by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Forrest appears in

Popularity data

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Forrest at a glance

Forrest across 2 official records

Forrest by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Forrest appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Forrest

Forrest and the names beside it

Forrest moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Forrest

Moved the opposite way to Forrest

Moved the same way as Forrest